Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
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The562’s coverage of football in 2024-25 is sponsored by The Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase. Friday night’s game between Millikan and Downey looked more like a game of Madden, where defense was optional and offense was inevitable.  The teams combined to score an astonishing 137 points, with the visiting Vikings emerging with a 69-68 victory thanks […]

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Swimming: Wilson Boys, Hank Rivers Make History At Moore League Finals

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Everything went according to plan for Wilson boys’ swimming during the Moore League finals on Friday at Cabrillo High. The Bruins won a California record 48th consecutive league title while junior Hank Rivers set a handful of new league and meet records. “This was exactly what we expected it to be, under the lights and […]

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Friday’s Long Beach CIF-SS Playoff Schedule

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There are four Long Beach teams in action on Friday in the second round of the CIF-SS winter playoffs. Boys’ Basketball, 7 p.m. Division 1: Long Beach Poly @ Riverside Poly Division 2AA: Compton vs. Capistrano Valley Christian Boys’ Soccer, 7 p.m. Division 1: Millikan vs. Santa Ana, Veterans Memorial Stadium Division 7: St. Anthony […]